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Lexicon :: Strong's H2583 - ḥānâ

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חָנָה
Transliteration
ḥānâ
Pronunciation
khaw-naw'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root [compare חָנַן (H2603)]
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TWOT Reference: TWOT- 690

Strong’s Definitions

חָנָה chânâh, khaw-naw'; a primitive root (compare H2603); properly, to incline; by implication, to decline (of the slanting rays of evening); specifically, to pitch a tent; generally to encamp (for abode or siege):—abide (in tents), camp, dwell, encamp, grow to an end, lie, pitch (tent), rest in tent.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 143x

The KJV translates Strong's H2583 in the following manner: pitch (78x), encamp (47x), camp (4x), pitch ... tent (4x), abide (3x), dwelt (2x), lie (2x), rested (2x), grows to an end (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 143x
The KJV translates Strong's H2583 in the following manner: pitch (78x), encamp (47x), camp (4x), pitch ... tent (4x), abide (3x), dwelt (2x), lie (2x), rested (2x), grows to an end (1x).

  1. to decline, incline, encamp, bend down, lay siege against

    1. (Qal)

      1. to decline

      2. to encamp

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חָנָה chânâh, khaw-naw'; a primitive root (compare H2603); properly, to incline; by implication, to decline (of the slanting rays of evening); specifically, to pitch a tent; generally to encamp (for abode or siege):—abide (in tents), camp, dwell, encamp, grow to an end, lie, pitch (tent), rest in tent.
STRONGS H2583: Abbreviations
חָנָה 143 verb decline, bend down, encamp (Aramaic axno to aim at, incline towards, reach; Zinjirli מחנת construct camp, Inscription Panammu13. 16. 17; Arabic حَنَا bend, curve, bend down; Assyrian mûnu, mênu and tênû, couch, mânîtu, house, ZimBP 44, 45 Dl in Zim117) —
Qal Perfect חָנָה 1 Samuel 26:5; Isaiah 29:1; וְחָנִ֫יתִי consecutive Isaiah 29:3; Zechariah 9:8; חָנוּ Numbers 2:34 + 2 times; וְחָנוּ consecutive Numbers 1:52; Imperfect וַיִּחַן Genesis 26:17 + 9 times; 3rd person feminine singular תַּחֲנֶה Psalm 27:3; יַחֲנוּ Numbers 1:50 + 13 times Numbers + Exodus 14:2: וַיַּחֲנוּ Exodus 13:26 + 79 times (of which 42 in Numbers 33); וַיַּחֲנוּן Judges 11:18; 2nd person masculine plural תַּחֲנוּ Exodus 14:2; 1st person plural וַנַּחֲנֶה Ezra 8:15; Imperative חֲנֵה 2 Samuel 12:28; חֲנוּ Numbers 31:19; Jeremiah 50:29; Infinitive חֲנוֺת Judges 19:9; חֲנֹת Numbers 1:51; suffix חֲנֹתֵנוּ Numbers 10:31; חֲנֹתְכֶם Deuteronomy 1:33; Participle חֹנֶה Exodus 18:5; Psalm 34:8; feminine חֹנָה 2 Samuel 23:13; 1 Chronicles 11:15; חֹנָ֑ךְ Psalm 53:6; plural חֹנִים Exodus 14:9 + 11 times; חוֺנִים Numbers 2:2; Nahum 3:17; —
1. decline, of day drawing to its close חֲנוֺת הַיּוֺם Judges 19:9 (|| רָפָה הַיּ׳ לַעֲרוֺב; also נְטוֺת הַיּ׳ Judges 19:8; הַיּוֺם רַד מְאֹד Judges 19:11).
2. encamp (properly verge toward, incline to, settle at, of goal of day's march): —
a. of single nomad Genesis 26:17 (J; followed by ב), Genesis 33:18 (E; followed by אֶתפֿני).
b. of Israel at Exodus and in wilderness Exodus 13:20 (ב) Exodus 14:2 (לִפְנֵי), Exodus 14:2 (עַל), + approximately 80 times (Hexateuch chiefly P); also (absolute) Numbers 9:18, 20, 22, 23 compare Ezra 8:15; Nehemiah 11:30 so they encamped (i.e. settled, or were settled) from Beersheba to the valley of Hinnom (|| ישׁבו Nehemiah 11:25).
c. of armies:
(1) Israel (conquering Canaan, etc.) Joshua 4:19; Joshua 5:10 + often;
(2) Philistines 1 Samuel 4:1; 1 Samuel 13:16; 2 Samuel 23:23 +; usually followed by ב location Numbers 10:31; 1 Samuel 4:1; 1 Samuel 13:16; Joshua 4:19; 1 Samuel 13:5 + 63 times (וַיַּחֲנוּ בְ 2 Samuel 24:5 read וַיָּחֵלּוּ מִן LXX of Lucian (Lag.) We Dr see חלל); so of locusts in hedges (in simile) Nahum 3:17; also followed by עַל＝by, near Exodus 14:2, 9; Exodus 15:27; Numbers 1:52; Numbers 2:2, 5, 12, 27; Numbers 3:29, 35 (על ירך), Numbers 33:10; Judges 7:1; 1 Samuel 4:1; עלפֿני השׂדה (על in different sense) 2 Samuel 11:11; followed by עַל also＝against, encamp with hostile purpose Joshua 10:5, 31, 34; Judges 6:4; Judges 20:19; 1 Samuel 11:1; 2 Samuel 12:28; 1 Kings 16:15; 2 Kings 25:1; 2 Chronicles 32:1; Jeremiah 50:29; Jeremiah 52:4; Psalm 27:3; followed by אֶלֿ in same sense Joshua 11:5; metaphor of God's hostility to apostate Jerusalem (על) Isaiah 29:3; followed by also לְ＝at, by Numbers 2:34; Zechariah 9:8; שָׁם ֗֗֗ אשׁר Exodus 18:5; 1 Samuel 26:5; followed by סביב לְ for protection Numbers 1:50, 53, compare metaphor Psalm 34:8, but also hostility Job 19:12; also follwed by other prepositions and prepositional phrases, e.g. מֵעֵבֶר Numbers 21:13; מחוץ Numbers 31:19; בין 1 Samuel 17:1; נגד 1 Kings 20:27 etc.; followed by accusative of location 2 Samuel 17:26; followed by suffix accusative with hostile sense חֹנָ֑ךָ Psalm 53:6; without preposition or noun following, in sense of encamp, be or abide in encampment Numbers 9:18, 20, 22, 23; Ezra 8:15; 2 Samuel 11:11 +; poetic of David in Jerusalem, Isaiah 29:1 city in which David fixed his camp.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

26:17; 26:17; 33:18

Exodus

13:20; 14:2; 14:2; 14:2; 14:2; 14:2; 14:9; 14:9; 15:27; 18:5; 18:5

Numbers

1:50; 1:50; 1:51; 1:52; 1:52; 1:53; 2:2; 2:2; 2:5; 2:12; 2:27; 2:34; 2:34; 3:29; 3:35; 9:18; 9:18; 9:20; 9:20; 9:22; 9:22; 9:23; 9:23; 10:31; 10:31; 21:13; 31:19; 31:19; 33; 33:10

Deuteronomy

1:33

Joshua

4:19; 4:19; 5:10; 10:5; 10:31; 10:34; 11:5

Judges

6:4; 7:1; 11:18; 19:8; 19:9; 19:9; 19:11; 20:19

1 Samuel

4:1; 4:1; 4:1; 11:1; 13:5; 13:16; 13:16; 17:1; 26:5; 26:5

2 Samuel

11:11; 11:11; 12:28; 12:28; 17:26; 23:13; 23:23; 24:5

1 Kings

16:15; 20:27

2 Kings

25:1

1 Chronicles

11:15

2 Chronicles

32:1

Ezra

8:15; 8:15; 8:15

Nehemiah

11:25; 11:30

Job

19:12

Psalms

27:3; 27:3; 34:8; 34:8; 53:6; 53:6

Isaiah

29:1; 29:1; 29:3; 29:3

Jeremiah

50:29; 50:29; 52:4

Nahum

3:17; 3:17

Zechariah

9:8; 9:8

H2583

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Strong's Number H2583 matches the Hebrew חָנָה (ḥānâ),
which occurs 143 times in 135 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 3 / 3 (1Sa 4:1–Zec 9:8)

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 4:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:1 - And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and pitched H2583 beside Ebenezer: and the Philistines pitched H2583 in Aphek.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 11:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:1 - Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped H2583 against Jabeshgilead: and all the men of Jabesh said unto Nahash, Make a covenant with us, and we will serve thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 13:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:5 - And the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the sea shore in multitude: and they came up, and pitched H2583 in Michmash, eastward from Bethaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 13:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:16 - And Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people that were present with them, abode in Gibeah of Benjamin: but the Philistines encamped H2583 in Michmash.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:1 - Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle, and were gathered together at Shochoh, which belongeth to Judah, and pitched H2583 between Shochoh and Azekah, in Ephesdammim.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:2 - And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and pitched H2583 by the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array against the Philistines.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 26:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:3 - And Saul pitched H2583 in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon, by the way. But David abode in the wilderness, and he saw that Saul came after him into the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 26:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:5 - And David arose, and came to the place where Saul had pitched: H2583 and David beheld the place where Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner, the captain of his host: and Saul lay in the trench, and the people pitched H2583 round about him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 28:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:4 - And the Philistines gathered themselves together, and came and pitched H2583 in Shunem: and Saul gathered all Israel together, and they pitched H2583 in Gilboa.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 29:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:1 - Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek: and the Israelites pitched H2583 by a fountain which is in Jezreel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 11:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:11 - And Uriah said unto David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in tents; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped H2583 in the open fields; shall I then go into mine house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? as thou livest, and as thy soul liveth, I will not do this thing.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:28 - Now therefore gather the rest of the people together, and encamp H2583 against the city, and take it: lest I take the city, and it be called after my name.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:26 - So Israel and Absalom pitched H2583 in the land of Gilead.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:13 - And three of the thirty chief went down, and came to David in the harvest time unto the cave of Adullam: and the troop of the Philistines pitched H2583 in the valley of Rephaim.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:5 - And they passed over Jordan, and pitched H2583 in Aroer, on the right side of the city that lieth in the midst of the river of Gad, and toward Jazer:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 16:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:15 - In the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah did Zimri reign seven days in Tirzah. And the people were encamped H2583 against Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:16 - And the people that were encamped H2583 heard say, Zimri hath conspired, and hath also slain the king: wherefore all Israel made Omri, the captain of the host, king over Israel that day in the camp.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 20:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:27 - And the children of Israel were numbered, and were all present, and went against them: and the children of Israel pitched H2583 before them like two little flocks of kids; but the Syrians filled the country.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 20:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:29 - And they pitched H2583 one over against the other seven days. And so it was, that in the seventh day the battle was joined: and the children of Israel slew of the Syrians an hundred thousand footmen in one day.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:1 - And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he, and all his host, against Jerusalem, and pitched H2583 against it; and they built forts against it round about.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:15 - Now three of the thirty captains went down to the rock to David, into the cave of Adullam; and the host of the Philistines encamped H2583 in the valley of Rephaim.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 19:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:7 - So they hired thirty and two thousand chariots, and the king of Maachah and his people; who came and pitched H2583 before Medeba. And the children of Ammon gathered themselves together from their cities, and came to battle.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:1 - After these things, and the establishment thereof, Sennacherib king of Assyria came, and entered into Judah, and encamped H2583 against the fenced cities, and thought to win them for himself.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:15 - And I gathered them together to the river that runneth to Ahava; and there abode we in tents H2583 three days: and I viewed the people, and the priests, and found there none of the sons of Levi.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 11:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:30 - Zanoah, Adullam, and in their villages, at Lachish, and the fields thereof, at Azekah, and in the villages thereof. And they dwelt H2583 from Beersheba unto the valley of Hinnom.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 19:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:12 - His troops come together, and raise up their way against me, and encamp H2583 round about my tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 27:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:3 - Though an host should encamp H2583 against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 34:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:7 - The angel of the LORD encampeth H2583 round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 53:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 53:5 - There were they in great fear, where no fear was: for God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth H2583 against thee: thou hast put them to shame, because God hath despised them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:1 - Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David dwelt! H2583 add ye year to year; let them kill sacrifices.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:3 - And I will camp H2583 against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with a mount, and I will raise forts against thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:29 - Call together the archers against Babylon: all ye that bend the bow, camp H2583 against it round about; let none thereof escape: recompense her according to her work; according to all that she hath done, do unto her: for she hath been proud against the LORD, against the Holy One of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:4 - And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and pitched H2583 against it, and built forts against it round about.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:17 - Thy crowned are as the locusts, and thy captains as the great grasshoppers, which camp H2583 in the hedges in the cold day, but when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they are.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 9:8

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:8 - And I will encamp H2583 about mine house because of the army, because of him that passeth by, and because of him that returneth: and no oppressor shall pass through them any more: for now have I seen with mine eyes.

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